Apparatus for supplying liquid to wool.



W. J. MURRAY. APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID T0 WOOL. APPLICATION FILED our. 12, 1905,

927,998. Patented July 13, 1909.

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Patented July 13, 1909,

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 12, 1908.

A .a A. 4 m, n a m a r m fi A M a W u 9 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM J. MURRAY, OF BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID TO WOOL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM J. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bristol, in the county of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania, have invent-ed certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Supplying Liquid to Wool, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved apparatus for supplying liquid to wool fiber, and more particularly to an improved mechanism for evenly distributing oil or emulsion over the wool as it passes across the gill-box.

A further object is to provide an improved construction and arrangement of parts which will be thrown into and out of operation simultaneously with the starting and stopping of the gill-box.

A further object is to provide an improved liquid spreaderlocated in such position that the wool will wipe across the outlet thereof and spread the liquid uniformly over the wool.

A further object is to provide an improved construction of liquid feed valve and improved means for operating the same.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

Heretofore a great many different structures have been devised for applying various liquids and combinations of liquid to wool fiber, but because the liquid is not properly distributed, or because too great or too small a quantity is supplied, the mechanisms heretofore known, have proven unsatisfactory. To remedy these defects and insure a perfect feed of just the proper quantity of liquid, and also insure its even distribution throughout the surface of the wool fiber, my inven tion was devised and will now be described in detail.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a View in end or front elevation illustrating my improvement. Fig. 9., is a view in side elevation partly in section. Fig. 3 is a detail View illustrating the belt shifting mechanism. Fig. A, is a view in Vertical longitudinal section through one of the cooks or faucets, and Fig. 5, is a view in horizontal section of the same.

1 represents the frame of an ordinary Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 12, 1908.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Serial No. 457,250.

gill-box provided with an endless belt or belts 1 to draw the wool fiber across the same. A drive shaft 2 is supported in suitable bearings in the frame 1 and carries a fixed pulley 3 and a loose or idle pulley 1 as is customary in machines of this character.

5 represents a rod supported transversely in one end of the machine frame 1 and carrying arms 6 located at opposite sides of the drive belt to shift the belt from the idle to the drive pulley, or vice versa. This rod 5 is moved longitudinally and is connected at the side of the frame 1 with one member of a bell-crank lever 7, the other member of said lever 7 being connected to the rod 8 supported to slide in suitable bearings on the frame 1 and having a knob or hand hold 9 at its forward end in convenient reach of the operator, so that the belt can be readily shifted by the machine operator standing in his customary position.

10 indicates a tank for containing oil or emulsion, and while it may be supported entirely independent of the gill-box, I have shown standards 11 on the latter to support the same which is a convenient construction.

A series of cocks or faucets 12, the particular construction of which will be more fully hereinafter described are secured to the front face of tank 10 and the valve arms 13 of all of said cocks or faucets are secured together by a cross rod 14, so that all of said cocks or faucets will be opened and closed simultaneously. The rod 14 is connected by a link 15, to one end of a lever 17 fulcrumed between its ends and connected at its lower end to the rod 8. It will thus be seen that when rod 8 is moved to shift the belt to the idle pulley, all of said cocks or faucets will be closed, and when the belt is shifted to the drive pulley all of the cooks will be open to feed the oil, as will now be explained.

Supported in any approved manner just above the gill-box is my improved spreader 18, located below the outlets of the several cocks or faucets 12, and receiving the liquid therefrom. The spreader 18 is in the form of an elongated trough having a narrow longitudinal opening 19 in its bottom, and it and be held in suspension therein, and only be drawn therefrom by the wool wiping across the lower edge of the spreader. The lower edge of the spreader is so located with relation to the machine, that the wool in passing over the machine is compelled to rub across the lower edge of the spreader and thus cause the wool to wipe the oil or emulsion from the lower end of the spreader and evenly distribute the liquid over the surface of the wool at all times.

The cocks or faucets 12 are made with screw threaded shanks 20 located in openings in tank 10 and secured therein by nuts 21. Rotary valves or plugs 22 are mounted in the valve casing in rear of their forward or outer ends and carry arms 13 above referred to. V The outer ends of the valve casing are enlarged as illustrated and are internally screw threaded in their upper and lower walls, the lower threaded opening receiving a tube 23 comprising the outlet spout of the cock or faucet, and provided at its upper end with an internally beveled seat to receive a screw threaded plug or valve 2 1, screwed through the upper wall of the valve casing. This plug or valve 2 1 is made with a thumb hold at its upper end to enable its easy adj ustment toward and away from the upper end of tube 23 to regulate the fiow of liquid when the main valve of the cock or faucet is opened.

In the operation of the apparatus, the main valves of the several cocks or faucets are either completely open or entirely closed, and the regulator valves are therefore of great importance so that the amount of the liquid flowing through to the spreader can be adjusted to suit all conditions.

The operation is as follows: When the operator moves rod 8 to shift the belt from the idle to the drive pulley, he also through the medium of the lever 17 moves the link 15 to open all of the cooks or faucets 12, and the liquid will then be supplied to the spreader 18 and wiped from the latter by the wool passing beneath the same as above explained, and this operation will continue as long as the gill-box is in operation. hen the rods 8 are moved to shift the belt to the idle pulley to stop the gill-box, all of the faucets will be closed and the feed of liquid stopped, hence it will be seen that the feed of oil and the operation of the gill-box are simultaneously controlled by the movement of rod 8.

A great many changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a liquid supply tank, of a series of cocks or faucets connected to said tank, a spreader below the cooks or faucets and receiving the liquid therefrom and located above a moving sheet or spread of fiber, and said spreader so located that the fiber will move across its open lower edge and continuously wipe a uniform quantity of liquid from the spreader on to the fiber.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a liquid supply tank, of a series of cocks or faucets connected to said tank, a trough-like spreader below the cocks to receive the liquid therefrom, said spreader having a longitudinally elongated narrow opening in its bottom, and means for drawing a sheet or spread of fiber across said opening to continuously wipe a uniform quantity of liquid from the spreader on to the fiber.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a liquid supply tank, of a series of cocks or faucets con nected with said tank, a trough-like spreader below the cocks for receiving the liquid therefrom, a machine for treating fiber constructed to draw the fiber across the spreader and wipe a uniform quantity of liquid onto the fiber, means for starting and stopping said machine, and mechanism for operating all of said cocks in unison and simultaneously with the said starting and stopping mechanism.

4:. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a gill-box and a belt shifter thereon, of a liquid supply tank, a series of cocks connected with said tank, a liquid spreader below said cocks and in close proximity to the gill-box, a rod connecting the valve arms of all of said cocks, a lever supported by the gill-box, and one end of said lever connected with the belt shifter, and a link connecting the other member of said lever with the said rod to compel the simultaneous operation of the cocks or faucets and the belt shifter.

5. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with an oil supply tank, and cocks or faucets connected therewith, of a spreader located below the cooks or faucets and an elongated longitudinal narrow opening in its bottom having parallel vertical walls of considerable length extending upward from the bottom of the spreader and comprising a passage in which the liquid will be held by its viscosity.

(3. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a supply tank, a series of cocks or faucets connected to said tank, valve stems on said casing, means for operating all of said valve arms, the outlet spouts or tubes on said cocks or faucets having internally beveled upper ends, and regulating plugs or valves screwed into the valve casings and constructed to be adjusted toward and away from the beveled end of the outlet tubes and govern the quantity of liquid escaping from the cock 01' faucet.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification 1n the presence of 10 tWo subscnbing Witnesses.

WVILLIAM J. MURRAY.

Vitnesses R. H. KRENKEL, J. O. L. MULHALL. 

